The research activities in this area concern the following topics:
- Decision-making process toward the design of infrastructures, services and transportation rules.
- Analysis, modelling, planning and design of transportation and logistic systems;
- Public engagement
- Simulation, optimization and control of road and rail networks under uncertainty
- Analysis and modelling of driving behavior by adoption both driving simulators and instrumented vehicles;
- Analysis and modeling of traffic and pedestrian flows under several conditions;
- Simulation tools and analysis tools for the optimization of transportation terminals;
- Theories, techniques and models for the design, building and management of road, railway and airplane infrastructures and sovrastructures;
- Design, implementation and management of construction sites for linear sovrastructures;
- Management of measurement data in Geographic Information Systems and linear infrastructures under BIM;
- Analysis, regulation and forecast of mechanical performances in building materials for roads;
- Methods and tools for the enhancement of road safety in planning and management of roads.
- Analysis and modelling of driving behaviors in simulated and naturalistic environments;
- Analyses and models for enhancing safety in infrastructural design and operational management;
- Models and methods for a safe and sustainable mobility, and for the environmental and energetic sustainability.
- Models and methods for innovative mobility parameters (comodality, mobility-as-a-service, ecc.)
- Solutions for Smart Roads and enhanced automation levels for connected vehicles;
- ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) for planning, design, management and control of transportation systems toward smart-mobility paradigms; advanced traveler information systems, traffic control and driving assistance.